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Hey, I just got a small Sabal minor a week ago and was wondering if I can still plant it outside. Would it be better to wait for Spring so it can develop roots for a whole growing season or can I still plant it outside now? I am located in the Eastern parts of Austria, near to Vienna. So winters might get cold, but shouldn't drop below -12°C / 10°F.
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Sabal minor ?
by Nico94- 2 replies
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Hi,I visited the Nobel Garden in San Remo.I would like to know if It’s Sabal minor or other. I i
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Sabal Minor ? Other ground cover palms?
by Briank- 14 replies
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Hello. I am still relatively new to palms/cycads in general. Although I have learned a lot and researched a lot. My question is this. I am looking for ground cover filler plants or palms. I am not that much into Cycads at the moment. I have been planting Foxtails, Kings, and Royals in my front yard jungle. I even pulled a poorly placed Kentia with a Gigas as my center piece. I am not really into Fan Palms, but been looking long and hard for a small bushy type plant or palm to accent my space between all my palms or along my walkways in front yard. Seems like everything I am looking for to fill this space Screams Sabal Minor. Are their other options th…
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Hey, I just got a Sabal minor 'Louisiana' and I was wondering whether I should keep it outside or under growing light during winter. The next days autumn is hitting ans temps will go down to 40 °F/4,5°C in the night and daytime highs of 60°F/15,5°C. Since the Sabal is still pretty small and I am in Central Europe USDA zone 7b I am gonna wait till next year to plant it outside. Will keeping it under growing light during winter reduce its cold hardiness for next year? Should I adapt it to the cold already? Will
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Sabal minor 'Welfare' & Sabal minor 'High Springs'
by PalmatierMeg- 1 reply
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I collect rare specimens of the variable Sabal minor, esp. those that are dwarfs or uber dwarfs. I got many of those from Plant Delights Nursery, which offers Sabal palms sporadically, sometimes as one-off sales. When they have one I want, I know to order quickly because it may never be offered again. Such is the case for two different Sabal minors I pounced upon nearly two years ago and haven't seen since. I have them in my garden lot where they have gone pinnate. Today I took photos of them. They are quite distinct. Sabal minor 'Welfare', Texas aka the "Poor Scrub" palmetto This palm occurs as a population in grasslands near the ghost town of Welfare in Kendal…
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Sabal minor ‘Spock’ Revisited
by Bigfish- 1 follower
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In 2015, I discovered a population of Sabal minor that had several mutants with fused leaflets, much like Sabal palmetto ‘Lisa’, and some with a very deep split down the middle of the leaf. I was able to collect a few seeds the following year from one palm, but wasn’t able to get back there until last year. This time, I was able to collect seeds from a number of palms with this trait, plus a wild-looking one with claw-shaped leaves. I’m planning on growing all of them out, selecting only the best ones, and then eventually using those as a seed source. The one that I collected seeds from several years ago has produced palms that still have stiff, bifid leaves…
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Sabal minor "McCurtain"
by jfrye01@live.com- 1 follower
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Hello all:) Just out of curiosity, any forum members growing the McCurtain County Sabal minor? Looks like these are promising little shrub palms! If you grow them, do you use them as accent or filler plants, or are they standalone? I currently have two of these in 1 gallon pots, one of them has 2 foot long strap fronds, the other one about 10 inches or so...come spring, is it ok to plant these young palms in the ground? Just wondering...I love this community because there's always someone who is an expert on certain palms!
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Sabal minor along the Pedernales River in Central Texas
by Meangreen94z- 8 replies
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These are on both sides of the river in the area of the former Reimer’s Ranch(now park). They exist naturally in the region, but unknown if they are native to this location or naturalized. There are a few houses along the rim, although I found them upriver and in a canyon as well.
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Sabal minor Blountstown Dwarf flowers for 1st time
by PalmatierMeg- 21 replies
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Several years ago I came across this tiny Sabal in the online catalog of a NC nursery. When I posted my find on PT, members bought all the stock left. Since then, the nursery has been unable to acquire more. The cool thing about this tiny palm is that it never grows taller than 18". Its leaves have a spread of less than 90 degress - more like 60. It is a true "rock garden palm" with all the hardiness of its larger kin. I know of at least one person who keeps one in a pot and had it flower. Last Wed. we arrived home from a 2-week trek through Colorado and Texas to find our sprinkler system's GFI blew and we hadn't had any irrigation. In addition, hoped for rain never m…
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Sabal minor Blountsville dwarf
by PalmatierMeg- 5 replies
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Yesterday I received this little Sabal from an out-of-state nursery. It was grown from seeds of a Sabal minor in Blountsville, FL that is only 18" high. According to the nursery its offspring seem to have inherited the super dwarf characteristics of their mother and will probably remain tiny. This little guy is going palmate already and I planted it in a 2g for now to let it get established. Is anyone here familiar with this S.m. variety or is growing offspring from the parent palm? If so, can you tell me more about it? Sabal minor Blountsville dwarf
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Sabal minor Chipola Dwarf: another super dwarf Sabal
by PalmatierMeg- 6 replies
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Last week I received seedlings from yet another super dwarf Sabal minor. This one is Chipola Dwarf from Marianna in NW FL. One of my seedlings is starting to go palmate. This palm is a bit larger than the better known Bountstown Dwarf and Wakulla Dwarf. It is a bit larger than those two palms (18" high x 30" wide). Adults can reach 5' high x 2' wide. All three dwarfs can be found within 50-75 miles of Tallahassee and SE, SW and NW of it. I've been looking for this one for quite a while without success. I moved them into 2g pots. Right now they don't look particularly distinctive but I look forward to growing them. These tiny Sabal minor dwarfs have promise for cold winter…
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Sabal minor dwarf
by Alberto- 8 replies
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I have seedlings of Sabal minor dwarf which mature fans are said to be the size of an open hand. The origin is "Florida panhandle" Do somebody have any idea about the ID of this palm? The Florida panhandle includes the following counties:Bay, Calhoun,Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf,Holmes,Jackson,Leon,Jefferson,Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton and Washington Does somebody knows about some dwarf Sabal minor in one of this counties?
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Sabal minor Emerald Isle Giant w/seeds: any interest?
by PalmatierMeg- 19 replies
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About 4-5 years ago I got this Sabal minor from Plant Delights in NC. S. minor Emerald Isle Giant is a variant of Sabal minor whose ancestors were rescued from a construction site near Emerald Isle, NC. It is notable for growing very large (up to 7' tall and 10' wide) with exceptionally blue 5' wide leaves. It is slow growing even compared to other Sabals. My mother palm is flowering and setting lots of seeds. Is there any interest for germinating and growing this palm on the forum? If so, I will clean them when ripe and post them for for sale. This is a very beautiful Sabal and quite cold hardy (see photos below). The rescued ancestors have been growing in Raleigh, NC. …
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Sabal minor found a bit farther north
by Dave-Vero- 3 replies
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From Castanea, Volume 71, Issue 2 (June 2006) Sabal minor (Arecaceae): a New Northern Record of Palms in Eastern North America Erin A. Tripp, Kyle G. Dexter [Duke University, Durham NC, USA] ". . . We report a Sabal minor population found on 30 October 2004 while canoeing on Gardner Creek (Martin County), a tributary of the lower Roanoke River just southeast of the Bertie County border in North Carolina . . . the population is located on a partially inundated hummock in a bottomland bald cypress swamp, growing with Nyssa aquatica L., Acer rubrum L., Taxodium distichum (L.) L. Rich, and Quercus lyrata Walt. . . " This is eastern North Carolina, not far from the coa…
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Sabal minor in Bowie, MD, USA
by tjwalters- 3 replies
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Though it can get wicked cold here (coldest temperature I've recorded is minus 8.4°F), I do manage to grow a couple nice palms. Here's one of my dwarf palmettos that are starting to self sow in the area. Look closely - there's a little seedling right at the base. Yardstick is for comparison. This palm gets no winter protection.
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Sabal minor in contenair
by Nico94- 1 reply
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Hi, how long can I keep this Sabal minor in the same contenair? I have no garden but a terrace. Nicolas.
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sabal minor in habitat
by Tropicdoc- 4 replies
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snapped this pic at a local retreat center, couldn't resist.
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My friend who works on the Louisiana waterways is now always on the lookout for nice palms specimens to send me. He says this one is approx 12 feet high and trunk is approx 30" in diameter. He also says there is a much larger one nearby, but access to it has been gated off.
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Sabal minor in habitat in Tampa
by Zeeth- 8 replies
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I found a small grouping of these in the woods behind my apartment. It's a common palm in cultivation, so it won't be exciting for many of you, but it's not one I've seen very commonly in habitat, so I got my camera and took some pictures. Enjoy.
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Just a random photo a friend ran across and shared on FB. She could not find a photographer ID to credit it to. I thought is was too beautiful not to share. Note - all of Louisiana does not look like this, but there are many places, too few places left actually, that do look like this.
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Sabal minor In Virginia "Distribution Map"
by PalmTreeDude- 0 replies
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So this thread kind of continues my previous threads I have made months ago about Sabal minor possibly being native to Virginia. Today I was just looking around on Google and found a map of the possible distribution map of Sabal minor in Virginia, it shows two areas, the dark green shows where Sabal minor are likely to grow in Virginia and the lighter, lime green shows where it is possible for them to grow naturally, but is not likely. Now I already know, if Sabal minor do grow naturally in Virginia, they are definitely not common. But I am one of those people who think there are some naturally occurring Sabal minor in Virginia. Take a look, I think it is interesting.
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Sabal Minor Monkey Island
by NC_Palms- 21 replies
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Has anyone ever collected seeds from the sabal minor population in Monkey Island, NC?
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Dear Friends, I welcome you all to yet another palm planting work,And this time its "Sabal Minor Palm"(Dwarf Palmetto). Like always we dug up the soil about 3feet x 3feet by 3feet depth.Since our garden soil is just clayey. All our palms had grown well in washed river sand.So this time we just filled the pit only with coarse grade sandy soil,little bit of coarse grade perlite,And some neem composite since i have here termite and fire ants problem.visuals of that work can be seen in following post.And i call this operation as "Operation Sandy".Once the palm stabilizes in its new home,we will feed it with all the needed nutrients. And my special thanks to my ranch…
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Sabal minor placement in the landscape
by Small palm- 4 replies
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Hey palmtalk, I haven't been on here in a while since I went off to college, but it's Spring break and it's time to get out in the garden. I have a Sabal minor seedling I want to plant in the yard, but I'm not sure about it's placement. I know Sabal minor is a smaller bush like palm, but I've seen pics of some that look kind of big. They seem to be variable in size. Mine have a bluish color to them if that means anything about the type of Sabal minor I can expect. I have 2 locations that I am considering with pictures below. The spot in the first picture is located next to a Butia paraguyaensis, Japanese maple, Syagrus romanzoffiana, and the fence behind …
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Sabal Minor Problem
by carolinapalms- 11 replies
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I planted two Sabal Minors this past April. One plant is looking well; however, the other does not look so healthy. The spear has brown areas and has not grown out like the other. I am posting pictures of the healthy Sabal Minor and the one that has brown spots. I would appreciate any suggestions.
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